I'm Ok with PangTong being first too. CH, PF and IN are better IMO. The Germans have better skills and transitiosn but I guess I'm in the minority who believes transitions are not the new quads and definetly not most important thing in skating like they are being held recently lol

When the teams do similar technical elements than things like transitions should matter. Its not like Pang and Tong were doing throw quad sals are anything like that. Of the top four, P/T actually have the weakest skating skills, and so for them to get 9.00s especially over the German team is ridiculous.

And I don't even want to get into the ridiculous of K/S getting a score of 130 when they skate like they did. That was just majorily ridiculous. I love Russian pairs in general-but I don't love K/S. All of the things that made Russian teams so great-are missing with this team. IMO.

Congratulations to the medalists! Didn't get to watch the final group cause I had class, but those I did see were great for the most part.

Congrats especially to:
Denney/Barrett for improving 2 places from last year and getting 7th in their second Worlds and second season together
Bazarova/Larionov for getting right back to skating and getting 8th in their first senior Worlds, especially after not having had a full competition season for a few years
Evora/Ladwig for placing in the top 10!
The Zhangs for a pretty awesome free skate
Dube/Davison for going mostly clean in the free after the suprisingly meltdown-ish short

If I remember correctly, Larionov said that he took a cold pill or something like that without talking to his coach/doctor/whoever, and it had some chemical in it that was on the banned list. Must feel horrible to get suspended for something like that if it's the truth.

Bazarova herself must have had pretty good faith in him and his skills not lessening, since she could have chosen to break the partnership during the suspension in order to partner with someone else and gain more competition experience. Which makes me appreciate their placement here at these Worlds more, that they did so well not only not having competed in a long time, but alsonever having anything close to a full senior season before the suspension.

Kavaguti and Smirnov were sooo overscored, it's not even funny. Ok, they do have nice lifts, better than some of the other top teams, but come on, there were TWO FALLS. M&T and Z&Z were robbed. You could even make a case for placing D&D ahead of K&S in the free skate!!

Disappointed for L&H, and that Canada doesn't get three spots next year.

I have rarely ever seen Anabelle Langlois skate a clean long program. She almost always has a meltdown in the long. It happened every year at Nationals with her former partner Patrice Archetto, and it has happened several times now with Cody Hay. In fact, this is the 3rd time this season she has had major problems in the long (Nationals, Olympics & Worlds).

What's interesting is that although Cody Hay is younger and has less experience, he has already surpassed Anabelle in consistency.

I'm slightly horrified that S/S only beat K/S overall by less than a point!

P/T did very well besides her doubled 3T. Congrats to them on winning another World title!

Horrified?
S/S had 3 major mistakes (1 double SBS jump in the SP, no unison in their spins in the SP, double SBS in the LP)
K/S had 2 major mistakes (fall on a QUAD throw, fall on a 3R throw)
I'm horrified S/S got silver. They should get a bronze base on their terrible SP.

well, their quad throw actually ended up scoring as much as a clean triple throw.. so that explains it a little bit at least..

This is truly insane that the 4S with a fall earns you 5 points... I hate that!

Originally Posted by bekalc

And I don't even want to get into the ridiculous of K/S getting a score of 130 when they skate like they did. That was just majorily ridiculous. I love Russian pairs in general-but I don't love K/S. All of the things that made Russian teams so great-are missing with this team. IMO.

ITA

Few random comments - I think Robin became a very strong partner. She used to be much better than him, but now the difference is gone, IMO.
And I liked E/L much more than the other American pair. I dont get the hype around them...